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Edward Liebow
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Dr Edward Liebow was named Executive Director of the American Anthropological Association in 2013. In this role, Ed is responsible for promoting global scholarly exchange through research conferences and a publication portfolio with 22 titles. The Association is also the public face of anthropology worldwide, and Ed is dedicated to highlighting the remarkable contributions that anthropologists make to serving the public interest. Prior to joining the Association staff, Ed had a long career with the Battelle Memorial Institute, the world’s largest not-for-profit research and development organization. Ed first joined Battelle in 1986, the year he received his PhD in cultural anthropology from Arizona State University. He has conducted research and public policy analysis on a variety of issues concerning appropriate technology, perceptions of risk, and social network structure. He maintains a position as affiliate associate professor of anthropology and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Washington. He has been a visiting professor of Applied Anthropology and Comparative Economics at Università Carlo Cattaneo Castellanza, VA, Italy, a Senior Fellow of the Fulbright Commission, and have served on the faculty of the CDC-sponsored Summer Evaluation Institute. He has also served on the executive boards of the AAA, the Society for Applied Anthropology, the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference, and the Jack Straw Media Arts Foundation.
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Where do you work?American Anthropological Association